Yes, LORD, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you;
your name and renown
are the desire of our hearts.
Isaiah 26:8

Monday, March 3, 2008

Day Out

It was about twenty degrees and overcast, snow covered just about everything, and the ice was thick on the beach on Saturday when we went to explore. Armed with snow pants and boots rather than sunscreen and towels, the kids thought they were on the grandest adventure! We could have done this on our local beach, but we decided to spend a rare Saturday off in another great little lakeside town up north a bit and it truly felt like a day away. The big boys were fearless, often getting a little too close to the waters' edge for my comfort, their sister right behind them, but they obeyed well and made the day even better by their great behavior and adventurous spirits. The little one wasn't sure what to think, and any time we put him down on his own, he just stood there, all stiff and bundled in his snow suit. So cute! We ate (first there was steaming hot chocolate) at a great little restaurant and just had a great, fun-filled day! See our pictures below...make sure you see the one at the bottom of the page - great shot of the ice in the boat launch!

1 comment:

You might not even remember us. You were very young when we ministered to you and your Mom. We are now at Shepherds in WI.

I just received the address of your blog. You are a great writer. Even better your interest in mission is fantastic. We have a common friend in the Mills. Mary Jo was at each of our kids' births in GH.

It is very satifying to see how you have turned out and have married well. Your interest in missions and your hearts desire...fantastic.

If you still can't place us ask your Mom, Sue or your aunts Sandy or Chris. Chip might have a few words to fill in too.

In Season

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability. ~Sam Keen

Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by. ~Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out. ~Bill Watterson

Sarah J Hale

The good, the true, the tender; these form the wealth of home.

Baker's Dozen: Summer nights

Baseball on TV

Bikeride to get ice-cream

Board games at the picnic table

Catch fireflies

Fireworks off the dock

Ice cream and popcorn for supper

Late-night swim with Dad

Long walks to nowhere in particular

Movies and popcorn (up past bedtime!)

Roast Marshmallows for S'mores

Sleeping bags on the screenporch

Soccer in the yard

Tent in the back yard

A word from my friend Jane

Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the tawny leaves and withered hedges, and from repeating to herself some few of the thousand poetical descriptions extant of autumn--that season of peculiar and inexhaustible influence on the mind of taste and tenderness--that season which has drawn from every poet worthy of being read some attempt at description, or some lines of feeling.

C.S. Lewis

You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.

Twelve Items or Less: Recipe of the week Sunshine in a Glass

3 1/2 cups sugar

1 cup boiling water

3 cups lemon juice (about 16 lemons)

2 tablespoon grated lemon peel

Directions

To get best juice from lemons, roll firmly in counter before cutting in half. (This is a great part to let little people do!)

To make simple syrup, dissolve sugar in saucepan in boiling water. Cool. Add simple syrup, lemon juice and peel to mason jar and mix well. Screw lid on jar and store in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Yield: 5-1/2 cups syrup (number of batches varies depending on concentration of lemonade).